Gurdeep Loyal is an award-winning food/travel writer and culinary trends expert. He is the author of Flavour Heroes: 15 Modern Pantry Ingredients to Amplify Your Cooking and was winner of the Jane Grigson Trust Award for his debut cookbook, Mother Tongue: Flavours of a Second Generation. He has over 20 years’ experience in food and drink - building his career at food institutions including Innocent Drinks, Harrods Food Halls and M&S Food. Gurdeep is a monthly columnist for Olive and Waitrose Weekend, as well as being a regular guest on BBC 1’s Saturday Kitchen. He is currently writing his debut work of fiction in which food is the central thematic motif. @gurd_loyal